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March 4, 2011

In Fibre Cultural Journal it is stated that:

Since 2002, as everyone knows, there have been dramatic changes in publishing—primarily due to digital and networked media. These are now transforming nearly all of publishing in a dramatic and ongoing manner. This in turn has opened up critical research and discussion exponentially, both for traditional research and the new. It’s true that there seem many forces trying to put the genies involved back into their respective bottles. There are many who would like to see open access go away, or prohibitively expensive (if to authors now instead of readers), or highly regulated, or possibly diminished in stature besides that which some still see as “real (commercial, print) publishing”. At worst, open access serves as a bait and switch mechanism in a variety of contexts.

There is both a fear of a proliferation of platforms for serious discussion and engagement and a fear of the breakdown of fields to the digital transformation process currently underway.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 7:31 PM |